Interlibrary Loan

The Watauga Public Library participates in the nationwide Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service to expand resources available to patrons with Watauga library cards. What may be borrowed is determined by the lending library. Books, audiobooks, CDs, DVDs, magazine articles, and photocopies of genealogy materials may be requested; however some requests may not be filled due to high demand, inability to locate, or rarity of item.

Users may place up to five (5) requests at one time

Users are responsible for paying the return postage for each item requested.

Users are responsible for paying any late fees for item returned overdue and replacement cost for any lost or damaged item. Replacement cost is determined by the lending library.

Most ILL requests are free except for return postage. If the lending library charges a fee to lend the item requested, we will proceed only with pre-approval by the patron.

How Does ILL Work?

Interlibrary loan (ILL) is used to request materials not available through the Watauga Library Catalog.

Search the Library catalog first to ensure that the item is not owned by this Library or any other library in the catalog. If not found…